BOB PUSHES 12,000 VOTE TALLY, HOLDS AT 4%

Bob's vote tally will almost certainly exceed 12,000 as absentee and questioned ballots are counted this week. Bob took about 11% of the vote in his home turf on the central Kenai Peninsula. See results by visiting the official State of Alaska Elections Division at www.elections.alaska.gov.

Below is a list of other third-party candidates who ran for the U.S. Senate in other states, with their share of the vote expressed in percentage.

1. Rebekah Kennedy (Arkansas), Green Party, 20% [there was no Republican opposing the Democratic incumbent].
2. Dean Barkley (Minnesota), Independent, 15% [Barkley had served a 2-month appointed term in the Senate in 2004].
3. Rex Rammell (Idaho), Independent, 5 %.
4. Dave Brownlow (Oregon), Constitution Party, 5%.
5. Bob Bird (Alaska), Alaskan Independence Party, 4%.
6. Stephen Wallace (Oklahoma), Independent, 4%.
7. Alan Buckley (Georgia), Libertarian, 3%.
8. Robert Underwood (Massachusetts), Libertarian, 3%.
9. Christopher Cole (North Carolina), Libertarian, 3%.
10. Ken Blevens, (New Hampshire), Libertarian, 3%.
11. Yvonne Schick (Texas), Libertarian, 2%.
12. Douglas Campbell (Colorado), Constitution Party, 2%.
13. Bob Kinsey (colorado), Green Party, 2%.
14. Randall Hodgkinson (Kansas), Libertarian, 2%.
15. Kent Marmon (Idaho), Libertarian, 1%.
16. Andy Prolife (Idaho), Independent, 1%.
17. David Haase (Alaska), Libertarian, 1%.
18. Scotty Boman (Michigan), Libertarian, 1%.
19. Kathy Cummings (Illinois), Green, 1%.
20. Richard Fontanesi (Louisiana), Libertarian, 1%.

There were many others with totals under 1% of the vote, and these percentages may still change.

Debates Bob participated in, for which he wishes to express his gratitude for permitting the people of Alaska to hear the message of freedom: Juneau Chamber of Commerce; Alaska Secondary School Principals Association (in Anchorage); Kenai-Soldotna Joint Chambers of Commerce; Anchorage Chamber of Commerce (qualified); League of Women Voters/YouthVote '08 (televised live statewide from Anchorage).

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A message from Bob Bird:

On behalf of my wife Rosemary; my family of sons and daughters-in-law Mario and Theresa, Quincy and Kimberly; and our daughter Elena, I wish to thank the 12,000 friends whose vote was entrusted to our campaign for the U.S. Senate. It is a very sacred trust that you gave to us, in this troubling and critical time in Alaska and American history. I can say with all my heart and soul that I have poured myself out for seven months for one purpose only: to return freedom to our state and its people.

This message will never die because God did not make man to be a slave; because God never gives up on man, despite his fallen nature; and that the fruits of this campaign must remain hidden until another day.

There is no substitute for freedom. I will never cease working for it, whether as a prolifer, a constitutionalist, an Alaskan, an American. I have been humbled by the average and unknown people, who became not-so-average and not-so-unknown to me as they helped; who gave their considerable talents, treasure and time to the same object that we shared.

I am grateful to Treasurer Wendy Dahl and Campaign advisor Bob Welzel; to Dexter and Lynette Clark and the Alaskan Independence Party, which supported me from the start and in whose ideals of liberty that I share; to the Constitution Party, which endorsed me way back in April; to Alaska Right to Life, in whose cause I have labored for decades; to webmasters Cathie Roney & Mark Chryson; to Ron Paul, Dick Randolph, Schaeffer Cox and Rick Sikma, men who have had, currently enjoy, or are hoping for a political office, who were unconcerned by the risks they took in endorsing me.

Then there are the people of the Campaign for Liberty, small in number, but big in heart. And to utter strangers in the Lower 48, who heard this message, seized upon the hope, and made sacrifices for love of their country through an office-seeker in far away Alaska.

I must also thank Chris Jenness of Jenness Graphic Design for making THE best campaign leaflet in the entire state, complimented by friend and foe alike; the same comments were made for my son Mario, whose incredible videos make my "talking head" comments into playful and pithy political discourses, now seen worldwide. All this talent resides or was home-grown in Nikiski!

There are too many to list, especially my friends and neighbors on the Kenai Peninsula, and naming some might make other feel overlooked. Forgive me for this. But know how small and humble I feel in accepting your support.

I will not quit this fight. I hope to see all of you again soon.

For freedom,
Bob Bird